Potholes are potentially one of the most pesky things about driving. There’s nothing more annoying than a pothole in an impossible-to-miss spot on your driveway. But depending on where you live, this is bound to happen sooner or later. When it does, it’s important to know whether you should act…

Some people think that the best kind of driveway is hardly noticed at all. If it’s built and installed right, you should basically never have to think about it. This is true in one sense, but a fantastic driveway is something you should notice. The smoothness, the form and shape,…

Everywhere you look these days, people are trying home improvement projects they’ve never tried before. There are TV shows, Radio programs, and an endless parade of blog posts about all manner of DIY improvement projects. Perhaps people are also taking more pride in things they built and created themselves –…

When you signed up to be a homeowner, you probably didn’t realize all of the different maintenance requirements you’d be dealing with, and all the various aspects of homeownership you’d have to learn about. Nobody is really prepared to be a homeowner until they buy a home and start learning…

A lot of people assume putting down asphalt is fairly easy and rudimentary. You flatten the area and press down the dirt with a tractor of some kind. Then you simply pour the asphalt, smooth it out, and your driveway or parking lot will be ready in no time. This…

When it comes to putting stripes on asphalt or concrete pavement, residential settings aren’t really in the conversation. You’d need a pretty big house, and a lot of guests and/or employees, to justify a striped parking area with designated spaces. But when it comes to commercial, office and retail settings,…

It would be nice if a driveway or parking was something we could install once and never have to think about it again. It would be there was long as you need it, looking and functioning like it did the day it was installed. There would be no cracks, no…

At some point in their lives, most homeowners are going to take a good long look at their driveways and notice that something’s wrong. It seems like only a year or two ago that the surface was freshly installed, brand new, flawless and smooth. Now it truly looks as though…

Homeowners today are faced with a barrage of choices. Almost every aspect of owning a property, from the biggest structural aspects to the smallest finishings, come in a whole array of options. Then there are questions of who to use for various utilities and services, and who to contract for…

If you have a parking lot or residential driveway that’s in rough shape — full of cracks, misshapen and crumbling — you’re probably wondering what your options are. If the asphalt installation occurred recently enough, you might still be under warranty. But asphalt that’s still under warranty is rarely in…